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Are there washers with coils or something that can produce it's own hot water?
I've noticed when I select a hot water wash, the water in the pipes is cold at first and by the time the tub is filled with cold water the hot finally gets there, so I never get a hot wash. My water heater is far from the washer outlets.
Any suggestions?
Do you have a sink near the washer? If so, run the hot water there until it gets hot to get the hot water close, then turn on your washer.
Another option is to get a tankless hot water system and put that in your laundry room. This can get pricey not only to buy but to operate, especially if you get an electric one.
Edit to add: Another option is to do your laundry in a particular sequence. E.g. do your dark colors first that use warm water then do your whites as the last load since the hot water has already been pulled to the room when doing that load of darks.
Are there washers with coils or something that can produce it's own hot water?
Yes, sorta of. The European machines (Miele and Bosch) do have an aux heater to increase the water temp. But you have to make sure you are A) buying one of those units and not just something with the name, and B) those machines tend to be smaller/have less capacity than traditional US appliances.
As for other options, the tankless/in-line option is out as those take quite awhile to initially heat up. Great for extended water use, like 4+ people who want to take looong hot showers in a row, but not for instant hot. You can get a small tank water heater (about 1 gallon, called "Point of Use") to install in-line with the hot water tap but between the tap and your machine. Some are even 120v (normal outlet, no electrician needed), but expect to spend $150~200. For more money you can have a circulation pump installed (same unit cost but WAY more labor so it could easily be double, triple or more the cost.
On the cheaper end of things you could insulate the pipes to keep the hot, hot. Run a "rinse" cycle on hot to get the pipes initially hot, or run hot on that water line (my master bath is on the same run, but further on, from my washer so I could run hot back there and have instant hot to the washing machine.
Me, I wash everything on cold all the time anyway. 11 years married doing all the laundry (wife is picky about hers, took a long time to learn to be as picky as she is), and I simply haven't found a reason to use hot. Even my grungy mechanics clothes come clean in cold.
My LG front load has a "Sanitize" cycle where you can choose "extra hot" water" (160F). It uses a built-in heater to reach these temps. But "extra hot" is only available in the Sanitize cycle, which can be up to 4x as long as a normal cycle (106m vs 28m).
Maybe a hot water recirculation pump could solve your problem?
My LG front load has a "Sanitize" cycle where you can choose "extra hot" water" (160F). It uses a built-in heater to reach these temps. But "extra hot" is only available in the Sanitize cycle, which can be up to 4x as long as a normal cycle (106m vs 28m).
Maybe a hot water recirculation pump could solve your problem?
You should have a "Custom" option on LG's where you can adjust the timing and create your own custom wash cycle. It's a bit of a pain initially to set up but if you use it a lot, it comes in handy.
Are there washers with coils or something that can produce it's own hot water?
I've noticed when I select a hot water wash, the water in the pipes is cold at first and by the time the tub is filled with cold water the hot finally gets there, so I never get a hot wash. My water heater is far from the washer outlets.
Any suggestions?
Have you thought about get a hot water recirculation pump install by the washer?
Have you thought about get a hot water recirculation pump install by the washer?
That is a big project, no? There needs to be a loop of some sort, thus you have to run an additional line back to the hot water tank. I guess it would be easier if the washer is in the garage near the hot water tank, but i am guessing that is not the case for the majority of the houses.
That is a big project, no? There needs to be a loop of some sort, thus you have to run an additional line back to the hot water tank. I guess it would be easier if the washer is in the garage near the hot water tank, but i am guessing that is not the case for the majority of the houses.
No it would use the cold water line
It's not really cost effective considering the cost (especially for say a shower or faucet) because you can just let it run until you get hot water but in this case, OP needs hot water for the washer, not so much as a convenience factor.
Thanks everyone for the tips. Unfortunately, we don't have a sink there like I did in my last laundry room, and we checked into a recirculating fan but our house is large and plumbing too complicated for'it.
But after reading through this thread I realized our master shower is on a wall near the laundry and I think water goes from shower to laundry room so I will try running shower hot first and see if hot water then comes to the washer.
I would think there's a real market for washers that heat water. If dishwashers can do it, it can't be that complicated.
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